By Pattern By Symptom By Formula ---------------------- Arouse Power Bend Bamboo Benefit the Sinews Break into a Smile Breaking Clouds Bright Spirit Brighten the Eyes Brocade Sinews Buddha's Hand Calm the Shen Central Mansion Chemo-Support Children's Herbal Sentinel Clear Channels Clear Lustre Clear Qi Clear the Root Clear the Soul Clear Yang Drain Fields Drain Fire Ease the Muscles Expel Toxic Heat Expel Wind-Cold Expel Wind-Heat Freeing the Sun Glorious Sea Harmonize the Centre Herbal Sentinel - Yang Herbal Sentinel - Yin Invigorate the Root Jade Screen Jade Spring Limpid Sea Nourish the Root Nourish the Root & Clear Wind Nourish the Soul Open the Heart Peaceful Sunset Prosperous Earth Radio Support Red Stirring Release Constraint Ringing Metal Root the Spirit Searching Soul Separate Clear & Turbid Settling the Soul Smooth Passage Soothe the Centre NEW Soothe the Shen Stir Field of Elixir Strengthen the Root Tonify Qi & Ease the Muscles Water Passages Welcome Fragrance		By Pattern By Symptom By Formula ---------------------- Clear Empty-Heat & Cool the Menses Clear the Moon Clear the Palace Cool the Menses Drain the Jade Valley Drain Redness Ease the Journey - Yang Ease the Journey - Yin Female Treasure Free Flow Free-Flowing Sea Freeing Constraint Freeing the Moon Growing Jade Harmonizing the Moon Heavenly Empress Invigorate Blood & Stem the Flow Nourish Yin & Restrain the Flow Penetrating Vessel Planting Seeds Precious Sea Restrain the Flow Stir Field of Elixir Unicorn Pearl Warm the Mansion Warm the Menses Warm the Palace

Clear the Root

Huang Qi Radix Astragali Rou Gui Cortex Cinnamomi Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae Huang Bo Cortex Phellodendri Tu Si Zi Semen Cuscutae Yi Yi Ren Semen Coicis Bi Xie Rhizoma Dioscoreae hypoglaucae Wang Bu Liu Xing Semen Vaccariae Mu Dan Pi Cortex Moutan Shi Chang Pu Rhizoma Acori tatarinowii Bai Hua She She Cao Herba Hedyotidis diffusae Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis Lu Lu Tong Fructus Liquidambaris Shi Wei Folium Pyrrosiae Hai Jin Sha Spora Lygodii Kun Bu Thallus Eckloniae

Pattern: Qi and Yin deficiency, Damp-Heat in the Lower Burner, Blood stasis, Fire-Poison. Action: Tonify Qi, nourish Kidney-Yin, drain Damp-Heat, move Blood, separate the clear from the turbid, soften hardness, resolve Fire-Poison. Indications: Chronic prostatitis, prostatic hypertrophy (benign or malignant), difficult urination, frequent-scanty urination, nocturia, weak-stream urination, feeling of distension in the hypogastrium or perineum, tiredness, poor memory, dizziness, tinnitus. Tongue: Red without coating, sticky-yellow coating on the root with red spots. Pulse: Fine-rapid or floating-empty; the left rear position might feel slippery on rolling the finger proximally (this is the prostate position). Back to Top

Clear the Soul

Zhu Ru Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Zhi Shi Fructus Aurantii immaturus Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum Fu Ling Poria Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae Da Zao Fructus Jujubae Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis He Huan Pi Cortex Albiziae Yu Jin Radix Curcumae Yuan Zhi Radix Polygalae Shi Chang Pu Rhizoma Acori tatarinowii Bai Zi Ren Semen Biotae Dan Shen Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae

Pattern: Phlegm-Heat obstructing the chest and Mind, Lung-Qi not descending. Action: Resolves Phlegm-Heat, calms the Mind, opens the Orifices, relaxes the chest. Indications: Anxiety, a feeling of oppression of the chest and epigastrium, palpitations, a bitter-sticky taste, sighing, feeling uneasy, phlegm in the chest, poor digestion, slight nausea, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, dull complexion, mental restlessness, depression, jumpiness, a flustered feeling in the heart region, vomiting, dizziness, pre-menstrual tension. Tongue: Red or normal, swollen, sticky-yellow coating, Stomach crack or Stomach-Heart crack with rough yellow coating inside it. Pulse: Slippery, rapid. The Heart pulse may feel relatively overflowing. A combined Heart and Stomach crack on the tongue extends all the way to the tip, as a Heart crack would do, but it is wide and shallow in the centre, as a Stomach crack would be. Classical antecedent: Wen Dan Tang (Warming the Gall-Bladder Decoction). Back to Top

Clear Yang

Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae Fu Ling Poria Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis Da Zao Fructus Jujubae Gou Teng Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis Bai Ji Li Fructus Tribuli Ju Hua Flos Chrysanthemi Man Jing Zi Fructus Viticis Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis Tu Si Zi Semen Cuscutae Du Zhong Cortex Eucommiae ulmoidis Gou Qi Zi Fructus Lycii chinensis Yuan Zhi Radix Polygalae Shi Chang Pu Rhizoma Acori tatarinowii

Pattern: Liver-Yang rising, Phlegm clouding the head, Blood deficiency, Kidney-Yang deficiency. Action: Subdue Liver-Yang, extinguish Liver-Wind, resolve Phlegm, nourish Blood, tonify Kidney-Yang, tonify Spleen-Qi. Indications: Headaches which may be throbbing or dull in nature, dizziness, a feeling of heaviness and muzziness of the head which is worse in the morning, catarrh, a feeling of oppression of the chest, nausea, a sticky taste, blurred vision, vomiting during migraine attacks, tics, high blood pressure. Tongue: Pale or normal-coloured, swollen, sticky-white coating. Pulse: Weak and slightly slippery. Classical antecedent: Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang (Pinellia-Atractylodes-Gastrodia Decoction). Back to Top

Drain Fields

Huo Xiang Herba Pogostemonis Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum Fu Ling Poria Xing Ren Semen Armeniacae Yi Ren Semen Coicis Bai Dou Kou Fructus Amomi rotundus Zhu Ling Polyporus Dan Dou Chi Semen Sojae preparatum Ze Xie Rhizoma Alismatis Hou Po Cortex Magnoliae officinalis Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis Preparata Huang Qi Radix Astragali Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae Sha Ren Fructus Amomi Pei Lan Herba Eupatorii Lu Gen Rhizoma Phragmitis

Pattern: Dampness in the Centre and muscles, and Spleen-Qi deficiency. Action: Resolve Dampness, tonify Qi. Indications: Feeling of oppression in the epigastrium, muzziness of the head, lack of concentration, poor memory, feeling of heaviness, tiredness, aching muscles, a sticky taste, nausea, poor appetite, loose stools. Tongue: Sticky-white coating. Pulse: Slippery and weak. Classical antecedent: Huo Po Xia Ling Tang (Agastache-Magnolia-Pinellia-Poria Decoction). Back to Top